She indicated a point the author made that struck her:
God does not have grandchildren.
John 1:12-13
12 But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he
gave the right to become children of God, 13 who were born,not
of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man,
but of God.
You are not regenerated by being born to the right parents at the
right time because your parents were believers and they really wanted you to
believe too.
The will of man and pride and legacy cannot accomplish
regeneration.
John 3:3
Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one
is born again he cannot see the kingdom
of God
May I state the obvious in proposing a person cannot birth
themself.
John 6:44
No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws
him. And I will raise him up on the last day.
May I state the obvious in proposing a person cannot draw
themselves up from the depths of their mire and no one can draw up another.
John 6:63
It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is no help at
all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.
The flesh profits nothing.
Not a little something.
Nothing.
This truth is spirit and
life.
It is life-giving to
understand that you don’t have life.
It is refreshing to realize
you are stale.
It is domesticating to
understand you are feral.
Life comes in acknowledging
death.
God does not have grandchildren.
It is by blood, flesh and
men we are born to inherit an earthly life.
It is through faith in Jesus
that we are reborn to inherit eternal life.
"Even the best church planter or pastor in the world can’t
regenerate his child’s heart. You can’t parent a kid into conversion any more
than you can pastor people into salvation. We affirm regeneration by the power
of God, not by parenting. But we’re called to dazzle our kids with Jesus,
delight in the Gospel, and train them faithfully, all while trusting the Spirit
to act upon our kids.” ~Dave Harvey, Am I Called?
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